Hand-pulled noodles with tender and flavorful minced pork and long beans
Chewy handmade noodles rolled thin and cut into strands, topped with savory minced pork and long beans for a springy, satisfying bite.
Instructions
- 1
Put the flour and cold water into a bowl together, first stir with chopsticks until it becomes a flaky mixture, then knead by hand into a relatively soft dough without dry flour; let it rest for 10 minutes and knead again, the dough will become smooth and moist, cover it and let it rest for another 15 minutes.
- 2
Place the dough on a floured board and roll it into a thin sheet about 1-2 millimeters thick, fold it and fold it again, sprinkling cornmeal to prevent sticking each time you fold.
- 3
Cut into noodles about 4 millimeters wide with a knife.
- 4
The noodles, mixed with cornmeal into small piles, are temporarily not put into the pot and are covered with a plastic wrap to prevent moisture from evaporating from the surface of the noodles.
- 5
When resting the dough, cook dishes quickly: prepare the minced meat, and clean the cowpeas thoroughly.
- 6
Cut the cowpeas into 2 cm small sections, and mince the garlic.
- 7
Pour an appropriate amount of vegetable oil into the wok, and when the oil is 30-40% hot, add the minced meat and stir-fry until it changes color, then add the minced garlic and stir-fry together.
- 8
Pour the yardlong beans into the pan and stir-fry until they change color.
- 9
Sprinkle an appropriate amount of salt and drizzle an appropriate amount of soy sauce; the color and saltiness of soy sauce vary between brands, so you can pour in an amount according to taste and preference.
- 10
Add a large bowl of hot water, enough to mix with the noodles; cover with a lid and cook until it boils, then it's ready to serve.
- 11
Shake off the cornmeal from the noodles, put them into a pot of boiling water, and cook until there is no white core, then transfer them into cold water.
- 12

Ladle the noodles into a bowl, pour over the 'cuanr' sauce, mix well, and eat immediately.
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Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- All-purpose flour500 g
- minced meat200 g
- yardlong bean1 large handful
- Flour with cold water290 g
- Garlic1 head
- Hot water1 large bowl
Seasonings
- Vegetable oilto taste
- Soy sauceto taste
- Salt3 g